+143 Sincere thank you to the WSO Community SCSS 60 4y
+27 Hyundai Taking On Luxury Car Makers OFF 14 4y
+212 Break into management consulting without much experience CO 203 4y
+78 Working Abroad in Investment Banking IB 53 4y
+90 Open offices vs. cubicles - Which one do you prefer? OFF 66 4y
+121 MBA bound: things I wish I'd known during the app process BSCH 27 4y
+38 2018 UBS Summer Analyst Superday IB 89 4y
+20 Silver Lake Associate + Senior Associate Profiles IB 9 4y
+11 CS 2022 SA - Ongoing Review IB 6 4y
+18 Harvard PhD -> Hedge Funds? HF 9 4y
+2 Did I make a mistake? IB 3 4y
+15 BB In Philadelphia IB 20 4y
+11 LevFin in SF vs. Boutique in NYC IB 0 4y
+142 NY Muslim terrorist bombings/Wells Fargo CEO getting grilled OFF 80 4y
+16 How fucked am I? Please help me plan how to get out of consulting and into PE. PE 7 4y
+16 MT NY or Tech NY? IB 13 4y
0 Salary Negotiation - PE - Switzerland PE 2 4y
+28 Sick of my Group - Liberals TR 14 4y
+252 Stay positive SCSS 48 4y
0 How hard to get into PE (non-citizen) PE 4 4y
+18 What's your favorite, a phone call rejection or a rejection in the mail? JOB 35 4y
+24 Why am I getting lowball job offers? In New York City Finance JOB 24 4y
+20 West Coast vs. NY Exit Opps PE 19 4y
+62 Undergraduate schools best for I-Banking IB 73 4y
0 Evercore vs Moelis NYC (full time analyst position) IB 7 4y
0 LSE Economics vs French prépa (HEC) BSCH 9 4y
+73 Why Not Consulting? CO 29 4y
+117 Piper Jaffray Bonus/Culture/etc IB 197 4y
+213 My not-so-secrets to success IB 91 4y
+20 Mck Dallas vs BCG Boston CO 20 4y
+30 MM in New York or BB in Toronto? IB 14 4y
+2,712 Ask Natalie from Accepted about Business School Admissions BSCH 1,427 4y
+42 SA Would you pick Point72 or Goldman Sachs? IB 13 4y
+73 MD put me in charge of recruiting. Wtf? IB 33 4y
+128 My path from non-target to BB IB IB 21 4y
+207 Don't. Stop. Hustlin'. SCSS 49 4y
+17 CS TMT vs BAML TMT vs PJT Partners vs Guggenheim IB 6 4y
+28 How to proceed?? (Tinder fraud?) OFF 18 4y
+13 Microsoft or American Express for Summer Internship 2017? CF 4 4y
+24 America's Growth Capital (Boston) IB 25 4y
+30 Call for advice from PE professionals - Undergraduate hopeful in distress PE 8 4y
0 Interview Location IB 1 4y
+3 Comcast Finance Internship Recruitment CF 2 4y
+18 Benefits of PE out of undergrad PE 7 4y
+74 Investment Bank Life Style Better At Boutiques? IB 50 4y
+18 Offer rescinded less than 1 week into internship, they said "it isn't working out" and no longer need me. What do I do now? JOB 12 4y
+29 Moelis Houston IB 17 4y
+7 JP Morgan Leveraged Finance 2017 IB 3 4y
+80 Getting a job through family connection? JOB 116 4y
+27 Any advice as to what college I should attend? IB 24 4y
+20 Lifetime banker: Cost of temporarily switching countries? IB 4 4y
+34 Boutique consulting CO 38 4y
+13 F100 Finance or Sales & Trading TR 2 4y
+7 Georgetown MS Economics? BSCH 3 4y
+10 Chances of getting elite boutique or GS/MS? IB 10 4y
+17 Rutgers MBA?? BSCH 8 4y
+17 Fund says I am an independent contractor - 10-99 vs W2 PE 11 4y
+11 Choosing an area to work in as a summer analyst at Lloyds Bank Front Office IB 12 4y
+12 Going from studying in London, to working in wallstreet IB 4 4y
+23 UCLA Anderson vs NYU Stern MBA BSCH 16 4y
+8 NYU Finance undergraduate with real estate concentration or NYU Paul McGhee for BS in Real Estate? RE 6 4y
+57 Which in door spot to take interview calls in midtown NYC? IB 29 4y
+27 List of Boutiques to Avoid IB 33 4y
+28 IBH Capital - Scam? RE 13 4y
+31 PricewaterhouseCoopers vs IBM GBS Consulting CO 31 4y
+12 Meeting PE recruiters before starting IBD FT PE 5 4y
+35 RBC Global Arbitrage & Trading TR 7 4y
+25 at a middle market fund - advice for recruiting PE 6 4y
+9 Going to Direct PE Fund, but want to eventually go to LBO fund PE 2 4y
+64 Are Minneapolis/Philadelphia good cities? OFF 32 4y
+77 Importance of Undergrad GPA for MBA? BSCH 100 4y
+22 Suit emergency FASH 7 4y
+30 Recently realized I want an MBA - Do I have a shot at Harvard, Wharton, Stanford? BSCH 30 4y
+5 William & Mary, Fordham, Bucknell- which has the greatest presence on the street? IB 4 4y
+11 American Psycho - Anyone seen the movie? FASH 27 4y
0 Help! Is a managing partner supposed to be so... lethargic? What should I do? RE 12 4y
+34 What are some great and also good real estate firms that I should look into in southern California? RE 21 4y
+53 Wells Fargo IBD 2019 SA Offer vs Citi Superday IB 36 4y
+33 Does anyone else here feel like breaking into certain "prestigious" firms/positions is WAY easier than people on WSO make it out to be? JOB 16 4y
+17 Accepted an offer from my internship back in August, just received offer from dream company with 2x the compensation. What do I do? TR 7 4y
+23 Appropriate Attire for Company Visit FASH 15 4y
+96 At what point does GPA hit diminishing returns for recruitment? IB 47 4y
+12 LaSalle Investment Management Research & Strategy Analyst Prestige and Exit Ops RE 3 4y
+240 Dating future banker boy: get out now? or stick it out? IB 52 4y
+24 What is the timeline for full-time hiring out of undergrad in REPE? RE 3 4y
+5 HIG Model Test PE 3 4y
+26 Timing the NYC Housing Market RE 6 4y
+48 Commercial Real Estate Broker Compensation RE 23 4y
+64 How to deal with the fact that you are not the best OFF 30 4y
+12 Entry-Level Job or Masters From NYU? RE 2 4y
+125 Turned my live $4000 account to $44,000+ in 4 weeks...What is next? HF 92 4y
+179 Trash Talked for Working in Finance OFF 58 4y
+58 How are MBA Programs Outside the Top 14 Viewed? BSCH 13 4y
+237 Non-Target to Bain/BCG Intern SCSS 32 4y
+15 Switching Locations after Accepting Offer IB 9 4y
+12 Resume Advice - Is it game on or game over ? RES 2 4y
+19 Best Live Music Bars in NYC? OFF 17 4y
+75 Tired of traffic? Take a flying taxi! RE 30 4y
+116 Top NYC Nightlife/Restaurants/Etc OFF 387 4y
+33 What's the most impressive academic resume you've seen? OFF 30 4y

Career Advancement Opportunities

November 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Guggenheim Partners 02 97.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

November 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 04 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

November 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.4%

Total Avg Compensation

November 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (17) $409
  • Associates (58) $261
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (29) $183
  • Intern/Summer Associate (16) $161
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (77) $101